Character
What is an antagonist?
The opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character.
What is a reel?
refers to a plastic or metal spool for winding film
Define Conflict:
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces.
Define Parallel Narrative
A story structure in which the writer includes two or more separate narratives linked by a common character, event, or theme
is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is a static character?
A character who doesn't undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story.
What is a shot?
refers to a single, constant take made by motion , uninterrupted by editing, interruptions or cuts.
Define Resolution
The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story. The final.
Define Diegetic Sound
A noise which has a source on-screen. They are noises which have not been edited in.
Define unreliable narrator
An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility is compromised.
What is indirect characterization?
the process by which the writer shows the character's personality through speech, actions, and appearance.
Define Scene
usually, a shot or series of shots, that together comprise a single, complete and unified dramatic event, action, is often indicated by a change in time, action and/or location.
Narrative
A narrative is an account of connected events
What is temperal duration?
This term refers to the screen time of a movie, and the duration of time covered by the story (day, week, month, year, etc.)
Define "in media res"
A Latin term meaning “in the midst of things”
What is a dynamic character?
A character who undergoes a major transition in one or more ways.
a scene, or connected series of related scenes that are edited together and comprise a single, unified event, setting, or story within a film's narrative; this usually refers to a longer segment of film than a scene; they are often grouped into acts (like a three-act play)
Define a screenplay?
the script of a movie, including acting instructions and scene directions?
Define a Non-Diegetic Sound
A noise which does not have a source on-screen, they have been added in.
Define mood
the emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work of literature produces in a reader.
What is direct characterization?
the way an author or another character within the story describes or reveals a character, through the use of descriptive adjectives, epithets, or phrases.
Define Take
a single continuously-recorded performance shot or version of a scene with particular camera setup; often, multiple ones of these are made of the same shot during filming
Define Cinematography
Cinematography is generally defined as “the art of making motion pictures."
What is the temporal order?
This term refers to whether or not a movie is told in chronological order, and whether or not features like flashbacks and flash-forwards were used.
Define voice over narration
The process of using an off-camera voice to explain something to the audience.